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Just days remaining before the 2016 National Budget is put to a vote in the National Assembly, the government continues to face calls for a review of its proposed tax structure. On Monday, the same day the 2016 budget debates commenced in the House, the Auto Dealers Association of Guyana issued a statement offering an […]
Small and large businesses are being urged to take their tax obligations more seriously if the government is to be able to fulfill its promise of delivering a good life for all Guyanese. Business Minister Dominic Gaskin opened the debates for the government on Monday and promised greater support for businesses, particularly small business to […]
Staff members of the Social Welfare Department of Region 5 on Monday rescued two women from insanitary living conditions in two different areas in Berbice. According to officials in the region, a 39-year-old woman from Weldaad village was found living in a small room with animal feed and waste material. The woman who is disabled […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Irfaan Ali once again opened the debates into the National Budget and lashed out at the government for putting forward a budget that offers nothing to the poor in Guyana but rather is geared towards making government officials and contract workers richer. Speaking on Monday afternoon in the National Assembly, Mr. […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has once again come under attack from the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) over the ethnic makeup of its electoral staff. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee raised the issued during his Monday morning press conference and claimed that 95% of GECOM’s staff members belonged to one race. This matter was […]
Impassioned expressions of support and criticism of the 2016 National Budget will commence in the National Assembly from Monday between government and opposition Members of Parliament (MP). Ahead of those heated debates, which will roll on for the entire week, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is appealing for MPs to keep the interest of citizens at […]
The US Embassy will officially open the local office of the Drug Enforcement Agency in Guyana on Wednesday. The office will be based in the US Embassy. The opening comes at a time when Guyana and the US have been stepping up co-operation in drug fighting. A request for the local office was made and […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) announced on Friday that it will not be printing ballots for four Local Authority Areas in the upcoming Local Government Elections and consequently eligible voters will not be required to cast their votes. Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield explained that in these areas only a single individual has indicated […]
Two persons, suspected of money laundering, have been arrested following an early morning operation by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU). According to a police release, ranks of the Special Organised Crime Unit conducted operations at four locations on Friday. During the operation a significant sum of foreign and local currencies was found at two […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking an explanation from its counterparts in Suriname after nine Guyanese men were arrested by Surinamese soldiers and taken to the neighbouring country because they were fishing in the Corentyne river. The incident reportedly took place on January 22 while the men from Orealla were fishing close to their […]
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